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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Sparganothini » Sparganothis » Sparganothis Fruitworm - Hodges#3695 (Sparganothis sulfureana)

Species Sparganothis sulfureana - Sparganothis Fruitworm - Hodges#3695

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Sparganothis Fruitworm Moth - Hodges#3695 - Sparganothis sulfureana

Sparganothis Fruitworm Moth - Sparganothis sulfureana

Sparganothis sulfureana - Sparganothis Fruitworm - Sparganothis sulfureana

Tortricinae, Sparganothis Fruitworm, pupation shelter - Sparganothis sulfureana

Hatteras leaf tier Tortricidae on Gaillarida pulchella D4638 adult 2023 3 - Sparganothis sulfureana

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)

Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)

Subfamily Tortricinae

Tribe Sparganothini

Genus Sparganothis

Species sulfureana (Sparganothis Fruitworm - Hodges#3695)

Hodges Number

3695

Other Common Names

Sparganothis Fruitworm (larva)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sparganothis sulfureana (Clemens, 1860)

Croesia ? sulfureana Clemens, 1860 (1)

Tortrix (Dichelia) sulfureana var. belfrageana Zeller, 1875 (2)

Sparganothis euphronopa Meyrick, 1927 v.3 (3)

Croesia ? fulvoroseana Clemens, 1864 (4)

Croesia ? gallivorana Clemens, 1864 (4)

Croesia ? virginiana Clemens, 1864 (4)

Conchylis gratana Walker, 1863 (5)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin sulfureus meaning "sulphurous," for the "shining pure yellow" forewings "striated with reddish orange." (1)

Size

wingspan 10-20 mm.

Forewing length 6.5-10 mm. (TortAI)

Larva to 13-17 mm. (TortAI)

Identification

Adult - forewing yellow, covered with reddish-brown netlike markings; AM and PM lines thick, dark reddish-brown, joined at the bottom to form a sideways V - which then forms one-half of a thick X pattern when wings are held together at rest; hindwing dirty white to pale gray.

Range

Widespread in eastern North America. There are also records from the Pacific Northwest. (TortAI)

Food

Larvae feed on a variety of forbs and woody plants, including some crops, such as corn (maize) and cranberry. See list of recorded hosts at TortAI.

Life Cycle

two generations per year

Larva; larva; larva; larva; pupa; adult; spent pupa

See Also

Reticulated Sparganothis (Sparganothis reticulatana) forewings lack a thick X pattern when wings are held together at rest, PM line divides into a Y shape, and AM & PM lines don't join (compare images of both species by Jim Vargo in Internet References link below)

Print References

Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 353. (1)

Covell, p. 421, plate 59-12 (6)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

NJ Agricultural Experiment Station Pest of Cranberry (Rutgers)

Tortricids of Agricultural Importance

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Brackenridge Clemens (1825-1867)

Works Cited

1.	Contributions to American lepidopterology - No. 6. Brackenridge Clemens. 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 345-362.

2.	Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Microlepidopteren, vol. 3. Phillip Christoph Zeller. 1875. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25: 207-360.

3.	Exotic Microlepidoptera, volumes 1-5, 1912-1937. (1969 reprint) J. F. Gates Clarke, Edward Meyrick, T. B. Bainbrigge-Fletcher, J. T. Janse. 1969. E. W. Classey Ltd.

4.	North American micro-lepidoptera. Brackenridge Clemens. 1864. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 3(3): 505-520.

5.	List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVIII – Tortricites and Tineites Francis Walker. 1863. British Museum (Natural History), p.287-561.

6.	Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.

Contributed by tom murray on 3 July, 2005 - 6:54am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 6 March, 2024 - 1:45pm

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